Eigil Greve Knuth, 1903-1996

• Published in: ARCTIC
• Main Author: Laursen, Dan
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: The Arctic Institute of North America 1996
• Subjects: Biographies; Dorset culture; Expeditions; History; Human migration; Inuit archaeology; Palaeoeskimo culture; Greenland; Peary Land; Canada; Courtauld; Peary; Arctic; East Greenland; Igaliko; inuit; Saqqaq; Saqqaq culture
• Online Access: https://journalhosting.ucalgary.ca/index.php/arctic/article/view/64271

. Count Eigil Knuth was born on 8 August 1903 at Klampenborg, an affluent community 10 km north of Copenhagen, the son of captain Eigil Greve Knuth and Djimphna, nee Gamel. . Knuth was always of an uneasy mind, which was especially visible when he was younger. He graduated from one of Copenhagen...